What to Stream: July 3–9, 2026

The July 3-9 streaming window has one clear answer for weekend planners: start with Apple TV+ if you want fresh prestige TV, use Netflix for the broadest genre spread, go to HBO Max for Sunday appointment viewing, and treat Hulu as a high-value library week. The window runs Friday, July 3, through Thursday, July 9, 2026, for US subscribers.

Quick reference: the best first picks

Title	Platform	Date	Type	RT critics	RT audience	Verdict
Silo S3 premiere 1	Apple TV+	Jul. 3	Sci-fi series, 10 eps	100% early 2	Not Yet Rated	Binge-Worthy
House of the Dragon S3 Ep. 3 3	HBO Max	Jul. 5	Fantasy drama, weekly	92% (81 reviews) 4	69%	Binge-Worthy
Dark Winds S4 5	Netflix	Jul. 4	Crime thriller, 10 eps	100% (6 critics) 6	71%	Binge-Worthy
Trying S5 premiere 7	Apple TV+	Jul. 8	British comedy-drama	Series: 96% 8	Series: 91%	Binge-Worthy
A24 film bundle 9	Hulu	Jul. 3	Four films	87-99% by title 10 11 12	varies	Binge-Worthy
Hamnet 13	Netflix	Jul. 6	Historical drama film	86% (80 reviews) 14	93%	Binge-Worthy
Lee Cronin's The Mummy 15	HBO Max	Jul. 3	Horror film, 2h 14m	46% (199 reviews) 16	72%	Skip It

RT scores are from the research run completed July 2, 2026. New-release scores may change after premiere weekend.

Apple TV+: the strongest fresh slate

Silo S3 premiere — Binge-Worthy

Platform/date: Apple TV+, July 3. Type: sci-fi drama, 10 weekly episodes through September 4. Time commitment: weekly hourlong drama. RT: 100% early critics; audience score Not Yet Rated. Why it matters: Silo returns as Apple TV+'s largest fresh premiere this week, with Rebecca Ferguson back as Juliette Nichols and a new split-timeline story that moves between the present silo rebellion fallout and earlier events involving Helen Drew and Daniel Keene. 1 2

Verdict: Binge-Worthy. The early 100% critic score is a small-sample signal, but the series already has two seasons of audience investment. If you have not watched Silo, start from Season 1 rather than jumping in here.

Star City Ep. 7 — Binge-Worthy

Platform/date: Apple TV+, July 3. Type: For All Mankind spin-off, Episode 7 of 8. RT: 97% critics; audience score unavailable. Why it matters: Episode 7 is the penultimate episode before the July 10 finale, so this is the last clean catch-up point before the season closes. The series is set inside the alternate-history space-race universe and stars Matthew Rhys. 1 17

Verdict: Binge-Worthy. A 97% series score makes this the safest Apple TV+ continuation pick if you already follow the For All Mankind world.

Sugar S2 Ep. 3 — Watch It

Platform/date: Apple TV+, July 3. Type: detective noir series. RT: 96% critics from 24 reviews; audience score unavailable. Why it matters: Colin Farrell returns as private detective John Sugar, and Season 2's score has moved well above Season 1's 81% series benchmark. 18 19

Verdict: Watch It. The score is strong enough to recommend, but this is a continuity pick. Start with Season 1 if the sci-fi/noir turn is still unknown to you.

Amy Adams in a dimly lit room in a scene from Cape Fear — Amy Adams in *Cape Fear*, which reaches Episode 6 on July 3. 20

Cape Fear Ep. 6 "Possum" — Watch It

Platform/date: Apple TV+, July 3. Type: psychological horror limited series, 10 episodes. RT: 80% critics from 25 reviews; 59% audience with fewer than 50 ratings. Why it matters: Javier Bardem plays Max Cady opposite Amy Adams and Patrick Wilson, with Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg as executive producers. Episode 6 continues the revenge-thriller run toward a July 31 finale. 20 21

Verdict: Watch It. The critic score supports staying with it, but the 59% audience score says this is not a universal thriller recommendation.

Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed Ep. 9 — Watch It

Platform/date: Apple TV+, July 8. Type: dark comedy thriller, Episode 9 of 10. RT: 93% critics; audience score unavailable. Why it matters: Tatiana Maslany and Jake Johnson lead a show that is one week from its July 15 finale, and Apple has already renewed it. 18 22

Verdict: Watch It. This is a catch-up recommendation, not a single-episode sampling pick. If the premise works for you, Episode 9 is where the season should start tightening.

Rafe Spall and Esther Smith standing together at a fairground in Trying Season 5 — *Trying* returns for Season 5 on July 8. 7

Trying S5 premiere — Binge-Worthy

Platform/date: Apple TV+, July 8. Type: British comedy-drama. RT: series-level 96% critics; 91% audience. Why it matters: Rafe Spall and Esther Smith return as Jason and Nikki, with Charlotte Riley joining as Kat, the biological mother whose arrival disrupts the family. 7 8

Verdict: Binge-Worthy. The series has the rare combination of high critic and audience scores. If you want something warmer than this week's thrillers and franchise dramas, this is the cleanest pick.

Dark Winds S4 — Binge-Worthy

Platform/date: Netflix, July 4. Type: AMC neo-Western crime thriller, 10 episodes. RT: 100% critics from 6 reviews; 71% audience from 100+ ratings. Why it matters: The season brings Zahn McClarnon and Kiowa Gordon back into a 1970s Navajo Nation crime story based on Tony Hillerman's Leaphorn & Chee novels. 5 6

Verdict: Binge-Worthy. The review count is small, but the critic score is perfect and the Netflix licensing window makes this easier to sample than an AMC-only run.

Netflix films with the clearest score signal

Title	Date	Type / time commitment	RT critics	RT audience	Verdict
Old Henry 13	Jul. 4	Western film, 99 min	94% Certified Fresh 23	92%	Binge-Worthy
Memento 13	Jul. 5	Christopher Nolan thriller, 113 min	94% (185 reviews) 24	Unavailable in summary	Binge-Worthy
Hamnet 13	Jul. 6	Chloé Zhao historical drama	86% Certified Fresh (80 reviews) 14	93%	Binge-Worthy
She Said 13	Jul. 6	Journalism drama	88% 25	91%	Watch It
I.S.S. 13	Jul. 8	Space thriller	61% 26	43%	Skip It

Old Henry is the most frictionless Netflix movie pick: Tim Blake Nelson leads a tight 99-minute Western with matching critic and audience support. 23 Hamnet is the prestige option, with Chloé Zhao directing Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal in Maggie O'Farrell's Shakespeare-adjacent grief story. 14 I.S.S. has the most obvious skip signal: the premise is strong, but the audience score in the research summary is only 43%. 26

Netflix series, anime, and comedy specials

Title	Date	Type	RT critics	RT audience	Verdict
Sparks of Tomorrow S1 13	Jul. 5	KyoAni steampunk anime	Not Yet Rated	Unavailable	Watch It
Daemons of the Shadow Realm 27	Jul. 4	Dark fantasy anime	Not Yet Rated	Unavailable	Watch It
Little House on the Prairie S1 28	Jul. 9	Frontier family drama	Not Yet Rated	Unavailable	Watch It
The Tick complete series 13	Jul. 8	2001 superhero comedy, 9 eps	88% 29	90%	Watch It
80 for Brady 28	Jul. 4	Sports comedy, 98 min	59% 30	89%	Watch It
Jeff Arcuri: Nice to Meet You 28	Jul. 7	Crowd-work stand-up	Not Yet Rated	Not Yet Rated	Watch It
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married? 13	Jul. 3	Comedy-drama, 113 min	48% 31	78%	Skip It
Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married Too? 13	Jul. 3	Comedy-drama sequel, 121 min	27% 32	68%	Skip It

Sparks of Tomorrow is the biggest Netflix unknown: Kyoto Animation's pedigree is the reason to sample it, but the show has no RT score yet. 13 Little House on the Prairie is also scoreless before launch, but Netflix has already renewed the adaptation for Season 2, which is a meaningful confidence signal without being a quality guarantee. 28

HBO Max: one essential Sunday, one weak horror debut

House of the Dragon S3 Ep. 3 — Binge-Worthy

Platform/date: HBO and HBO Max, July 5 at 9 p.m. ET. Type: fantasy drama, Season 3 Episode 3 of 8. RT: 92% critics from 81 reviews; 69% audience from 500+ ratings. Why it matters: Season 3 premiered June 21, and the season finale is scheduled for August 9. 3 4

Verdict: Binge-Worthy. This is the strongest HBO Max recommendation of the week. The audience score is lower than the critic score, but 92% from critics keeps it in appointment-TV territory.

My Adventures with Superman S3 Ep. 4 — Watch It

Platform/date: Max, July 5, after its Adult Swim airing. Type: animated superhero comedy. RT: 100% critics from 11 reviews; 77% audience with fewer than 50 ratings. Why it matters: Episode 4, "Guess Who's Slammin' to Dinner?," has Clark and Lois hosting brunch trouble while Jimmy and Hank get pulled into their own plotlines. 33 34

Verdict: Watch It. Critics are all-in on the season so far, but the sample size is small and the audience score is more measured.

A close-up of a possessed girl in a dark interior from Lee Cronin's The Mummy — *Lee Cronin's The Mummy* begins streaming on HBO Max on July 3. 15

HBO Max films, docs, and unscripted arrivals

Title	Date	Type	RT critics	RT audience	Verdict
Lee Cronin's The Mummy 15	Jul. 3	Horror film, 2h 14m	46% (199 reviews) 16	72%	Skip It
Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness Ep. 2 35	Jul. 3	HBO comedy limited series	53% (30 reviews)	48%	Skip It unless you are a Larry David completist
The Man Will Burn 36	Jul. 9	4-part Burning Man docuseries	Not Yet Rated 37	Not Yet Rated	Watch It
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives S54 36	Jul. 3	Food Network reality	Unavailable	Unavailable	Watch It for comfort-food TV fans
Deep Revenge S1 36	Jul. 3	Unscripted/reality	Unavailable	Unavailable	Skip It
UFC at the White House with Sara Sidner 36	Jul. 8	CNN special	Unavailable	Unavailable	Watch It if UFC-politics crossover is your lane
Kitchen Chaos S1 36	Jul. 9	Food Network unscripted	Unavailable	Unavailable	Skip It
On the Case With Paula Zahn S29 36	Jul. 9	ID true crime	Unavailable	Unavailable	Watch It for regular ID viewers

The Mummy has the biggest title recognition, but its 46% critic score and long 2h 14m runtime make it hard to recommend outside horror completionism. 15 16 The Man Will Burn has no reviews yet, but directors Jehane Noujaim and Vikram Gandhi give it a better reason to sample than the thinly described unscripted drops. 36

Hulu: the July 3 library bundle wins

A24 film bundle — Binge-Worthy

Platform/date: Hulu, July 3. Type: library film wave. RT: Everything Everywhere All at Once 93% critics / 79% audience; Moonlight 98% critics; Lady Bird 99% critics / 79% audience; Bodies Bodies Bodies 87% critics. 9 10 11 12 38

Verdict: Binge-Worthy. If you only open Hulu once this week, this is the reason. The bundle covers multiverse comedy-drama, coming-of-age drama, queer coming-of-age cinema, and Gen-Z horror comedy with a better score floor than most new-release slates.

Dorohedoro S1-2 — Watch It

Platform/date: Hulu, July 3. Type: dark fantasy anime, subbed and dubbed. RT: 100% critics; audience score unavailable in the summary. Why it matters: The series follows Caiman, a lizard-headed man hunting sorcerers in the Hole, and Hulu is adding both Seasons 1 and 2. 9 38 39

Verdict: Watch It. The 100% score is a strong signal for anime viewers, but the tone is grotesque and violent enough that it should not be treated as a general-audience comfort pick.

Hulu's lower-priority arrivals

Group / title	Date	Type	RT critics	RT audience	Verdict
I.S.S. 9	Jul. 8	Sci-fi thriller, 95 min	61% (169 reviews) 26	Unavailable in Hulu summary	Skip It
NatGeo shark specials 38	Jul. 5	Seven documentary specials	Not Yet Rated	Not Yet Rated	Watch It for shark-doc viewers
Disney Celebrates America + game shows 38	Jul. 3	ABC special, Jeopardy! S40, Wheel of Fortune seasons	Not Yet Rated	Not Yet Rated	Skip It unless you want holiday/background TV
Food and reality drops 38	Jul. 4	BBQ Brawl, Guy Fieri shows, Worst Cooks	Not Yet Rated	Not Yet Rated	Skip It for general viewers
True-crime and reality bundle 38	Jul. 9	The First 48, Customer Wars, prison/court docs	Not Yet Rated	Not Yet Rated	Skip It unless you already follow the format

One correction for shark fans: Discovery's actual Shark Week runs July 26-August 1, with 20 new specials. The July 5 Hulu additions are NatGeo shark specials, not the start of Discovery's Shark Week. 36

The weekend plan

Start Friday with Silo or Dorohedoro, depending on whether you want prestige sci-fi or violent anime. Saturday belongs to Dark Winds and Old Henry on Netflix. Sunday is for House of the Dragon. During the workweek, use Hamnet for a prestige-film night and Trying for the lighter Apple TV+ counterweight.

Skip The Mummy unless 2026 horror completionism is the point. Its audience score is better than its critic score, but a 46% Tomatometer and 2h 14m runtime make it the weakest high-profile bet in the window. 16

Cover image: Silo Season 3 ensemble image via 9to5Mac.